Game on: Frontier Lanes reopens in Village of Lewiston

Members of the Monday Retired Men's League bowled Monday, Sept. 10, at Frontier Lanes in Lewiston.

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by Joshua Maloni

Lewiston
was abuzz with a different type of balls and strikes Monday as
Frontier Lanes, the village's 54-year bowling alley, reopened for
business.

"We're
back," said new general manager Carolyn Songer.

Frontier
Lanes had been closed since April due, in part, to a pending deal to
purchase the building at 845 Cayuga St., but mostly because the
bowling alley normally shuts down in the summer (giving way to the
national pastime, and the other balls and strikes).

Frontier
Lanes is now up and running for fall, and has openings in its
leagues. Interested bowlers can sign up for the next two weeks.
Younger rollers can register for the junior bowling program ("tots
to teens"), which begins Sept. 22. The bowling alley also is
available for fundraisers, charity events, group functions, holiday
and birthday parties.

The
popular "$1 Sundays" returns Oct. 7. Bowlers can take advantage
of $1 games, $1 shoe rentals and $1 pizza slices from noon until 10
p.m.

Speaking
of food, operator Dana Gwin said Frontier Lanes has "the best
hamburger in Western New York. I guarantee it." That includes his
signature 5-pound "Manhandler" bacon cheeseburger, "which
actually went over pretty well last year."

Gwin
made a hand motion to indicate the burger is about the size of a
bowling ball and said, "It's really good."

Frontier Lanes is currently looking to hire workers, including
a food and beverage manager. For more information, call 716-754-8248.

"We
thought the business was sold," Gwin said. "We were working with
a buyer during the course of the last year, but eventually the sale
fell apart."

The
Gwin family, which owns the business, would prefer it remain a
bowling alley, but will listen to other offers.

Hours of
operation at Frontier Lanes may vary this fall. For now, the bowling
alley is open from 9 a.m. until 10 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday; from 5 until 10 p.m. on Wednesday; from 9 a.m. until
"whenever" on Saturday; and from noon until 10 p.m. on Sunday.